Frontends
Main
Extra
- PS3 - Extra
- N770 - Portable frontend
Requirements
- HDMI/DVI out
- 5.1 audio output
- Connect to Z5500 (Optical or Digital Co-ax)
- 1080p video playback
- mini PCI slot? (for BCM90015?)
- Silent
- Integrated IR?
- More RAM than the ATV1??
Hardware
Recommendations thread
| Product | Platform | HD | IR | Audio | miniPCI | Price £ |
|---|
| AppleTV 1 | x86 | 1080p | yes | optical | yes | ebay £100 |
| Celeron NUC | x86 | 1080p | no | HDMI | yes | 142+ |
| Zotac ID80 | x86 | 1080p | USB | optical | yes | ~300 |
| Zotac ID17? | x86 | 1080p | USB | optical | yes | 190 |
| Lenovo Q190 | x86 | 1080p | no | optical | no | 158 |
| Acer Revo L80 | x86 | 1080p | no | spdif | 2 | 190 |
| G-Box Midnight | arm | 1080p | yes | hdmi | no | 70 |
| Nano1 Slim+ | arm | 1080p | yes | hdmi | no | 50 |
| Pivos XIOS DS | arm | 1080p | yes | hdmi | no | 130 |
| SolidRun? CuBox? i2 | arm | 1080p | yes | hdmi, optical | no | $80 |
Cases
http://avrio.co.uk/acatalog/New_cases.html
Bandwith and CPU Power
CPU Power
- HD needs at least P4 3GHz
- XvMC? necessary for HD
- GeForce? FX5200? fanless and supports XvMC?
- Allows Chromakey hack and has colour and contrast adjustment not present on 6-series
CPU Demand
Links
http://tvease.net/
http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/pages/products/data_hvr1100.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauppauge_Computer_Works#Table_of_products
http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Supported_hardware
MythTV performance Hacks
DVB-T coverage checker
http://parker1.co.uk/mythtv_silent.php
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~mfgalizi/epia/index.html - VIA EPIA Compact Flash frontend
HD Hardware requirements
http://www.mythic-beasts.com/resources/appletv/
http://www.apple.com/uk/appletv/
http://www.apple.com/uk/appletv/specs.html
http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/Dmesg_appletv
http://www.wikiappletv.com/
Best TV Box for XBMC